People v. Haggins

Respondent, Jeffery Haggins, brings this appeal from an order of the Circuit Court, Juvenile Division, wherein he was adjudged to be a delinquent and was committed to the Department of Corrections. The order was entered pursuant to respondent’s admission to the charge of battery.

The respondent raises the following issues: (1) whether Illinois Supreme Court Rule 402 — rules on criminal proceedings for pleas of guilty — is applicable to a juvenile delinquency hearing when an admission is made and (2) whether the trial court f ailed to substantially comply with Rule 402 in accepting the minor’s…